US Open [Men], 2022 - Grand Slam

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rafa I am crossing my legs here stop DF and get on with it

 

[Moxie]

That get was pure instinct.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Finally Rafa!

 

[Moxie]

Well, Rafa took the long way around at the end, and good for Gasquet for fighting, but this had to get done in 3.

 

[tented]

Whew! That saved @Moxie having to Will-Smith him with a tennis racket.

 

[Hailz]

Rafa into the next round. Will play Foe I think.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rafa into the next round. Will play Foe I think.

Correct

 

[tented]

I just realized I have to buy a pink Rafa cap.

I bought the green one Rafa wore during the AO, and he won, so it’s perfectly scientifically logical that I now have to buy this one.

 

[Hailz]

Correct

I think Rafa's match with Foe will be a tougher one than this match. For one the crowd is going to be going nuts for Foe. There will be Rafa fans, but the Foe fans will be loud.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I think Rafa's match with Foe will be a tougher one than this match. For one the crowd is going to be going nuts for Foe. There will be Rafa fans, but the Foe fans will be loud.

Of course it will, from now on all matches for players gets tougher going into the business end of a GS

 

[Moxie]

I just realized I have to buy a pink Rafa cap.

I bought the green one Rafa wore during the AO, and he won, so it’s perfectly scientifically logical that I now have to buy this one.

Yes, science says that you must.

 

[Moxie]

Sparing a moment for Gasquet. It's always been interesting that they are something like 16 days apart in age, have been playing each other since they were 12. Both pegged to go far early on. And Gasquet has had a perfectly good career. As high as #7 in the rankings. $20Mil in prize money. But look how different their careers have been. The difference between a very very good player and a super-nova.

 

[Fiero425]

Sparing a moment for Gasquet. It's always been interesting that they are something like 16 days apart in age, have been playing each other since they were 12. Both pegged to go far early on. And Gasquet has had a perfectly good career. As high as #7 in the rankings. $20Mil in prize money. But look how different their careers have been. The difference between a very very good player and a super-nova.

The same could be said for Murray & Djokovic! If not for the Big 3, Murray might have been just as good as McEnroe, Connors, or Lendl!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

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Sparing a moment for Gasquet. It's always been interesting that they are something like 16 days apart in age, have been playing each other since they were 12. Both pegged to go far early on. And Gasquet has had a perfectly good career. As high as #7 in the rankings. $20Mil in prize money. But look how different their careers have been. The difference between a very very good player and a super-nova.

I have always had a soft spot for Richard, a child prodegy and never really reached his so called potential, he has glorious ground strokes and I have seen him play live many times, Rafa and Richard are close friends as well.

 

[Hailz]

The same could be said for Murray & Djokovic! If not for the Big 3, Murray might have been just as good as McEnroe, Connors, or Lendl!

I don't know everything about Andy Murray and Richard Gasquet's careers, but I would think Murray has had an overall better career than Gasquet. Do you feel the same?

 

[Fiero425]

I don't know everything about Andy Murray and Richard Gasquet's careers, but I would think Murray has had an overall better career than Gasquet. Do you feel the same?

Murray had a career 10 times better! I was referencing Novak & Murray being born within a week of each other! Murray was stymied by Big 3!

 

[Hailz]

Murray had a career 10 times better! I was referencing Novak & Murray being born within a week of each other! Murray was stymied by Big 3!

Well I guess as a player you either ran with the Big Dogs (Rafa, Fed, and Novak) or you were left behind. I still think and this is not really knowing much about Andy Murray's career he did have a great career. Didn't he have hip injuries as well?

 

[Moxie]

Murray had a career 10 times better! I was referencing Novak & Murray being born within a week of each other! Murray was stymied by Big 3!

True enough that they are also a week apart in age. And Murray really was the 4th Beatle, which you can't say about Gasquet, but OK comparison. Everyone says that, had he been born in a different era, he'd have more shiny hardware, which I think is a fair assumption. With Gasquet, it's harder to say...one thinks maybe just a bit more. But interesting to see you defending Murray. He surely has a HOF career. And then some.

 

[tented]

Well I guess as a player you either ran with the Big Dogs (Rafa, Fed, and Novak) or you were left behind. I still think and this is not really knowing much about Andy Murray's career he did have a great career. Didn't he have hip injuries as well?

Yes, Murray had hip replacement surgery a few years ago.

 

[tented]

Rafa is getting ready to be interviewed live on ESPN.